A.PROPHECY Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 got to albinos from my royal blues (aulonocara stuartgranti) how common is this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Are you sure you don't mean Royal Blue Peacocks which are a colour morph of A. nyassa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted June 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 sold as royal blue aulonocara stuartgranti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Where did you get them, sold as A. stuartgranti "Royal Blue"?? The ones that came into NZ are A. nyassa "Royal Blue". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted June 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 came in last year as that from janskins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 They come in through Brooklands (supplier) and the royal blues that come in are referenced to species Nyassa on the list. Axelrod has a good pic of the royal blue that the imports are linked to on the list. Seems Jansens misnamed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted June 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 i work there so i kno where they come from anyway thats what we got told at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Have you got a picture of the fish you got as Royal Blues? The only stuartgranti that I recall coming in are the "maleri". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted June 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 ill get some piks of kyle and show you, my males not colourd up anymore coz hes not the dominant fish ,so kno point showing you that lol :lol: yea i got some maleri to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 :lol: okie dokie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted June 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 anyway lol what ever they may be now! :lol: is it common to get albinos from them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Albinos are rare. If you breed the albinos against each other you will increase your numbers. Albino is a recessive gene. Nyassae is a type of Aulonocara stuartgranti Royal blue is just a trade name. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Heya Frenchy When were the changes made with the naming of the Nyassae? All the references I have stated that the Nyassae was a different species altogether than the stuartgranti etc. Is it a recent change that has been made? 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Just checked Ad Konings book. Back to Nature. Malawi Cichlids. Page 65, Aulonocara stuartgranti trade names: includes.... Aulonocara Nyassae Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 That explains it .. my Ad Konings book is an old one, and I don't have that version book :lol: My book must be before changes were made, as it states the Nyassae as a different species and from different parts of the Lake :roll: :lol: AProphecy - Would be neat if you held onto the two Albinos 8) Would love to see what your Royal Blues look like.. compared to the lot that I got ages ago (which are now up that way) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 They are just called A nyassae. Found in 1922 I think. They are a type of stuartgranti. No books are wrong, out of date etc. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Mekhaela from the ones you sold me the dom. male is just about coloureding up, blue flecks all over him, they haven't bred yet, they will be going into a "breeding tank" sometime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Hiya Dan Awesome stuff, they bred here, I had another male that I kept in the display tank for display purposes and he was just gorgeous, dark royal blue body in colour. Seem to take a wee while to colour up more so than others. Thanks for that Frenchy I also got a lot that came in as Yellow Nyassa, they were awesome also. Definately different and alot chunkier in body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Afrikan, Callum has the adult pair Royal Blue Peacocks (previously in the Jansens Mt. Eden Shop Cichlid display tank). This pair throws albino fry. Not sure if it is the male or female, as we have not split the pair and tried another mate for each yet. Currently, from the first hold we have about 60 fry, 1/3 of them are albino. These are about 4 weeks old. The female is conditioning up again and will breed again in the next week or so. We have been told to separate them from the normal marked fry, which are naturally stonger and will dominate them for food etc, possibly killing them over time as they compete in the same space. Will try post a pick of the adult pair and fry at some stage, and let you know how they are getting on. Cheers Dave (Callum's dad) :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasmine Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Let me know if you plan on selling any Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 Hi in our birds and animals even hedgehogs the albino is a sex linked trait. Is it a recessive trait in fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU1 Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 I'm pretty sure albinilism is always a recessive trait, irrespective of the species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 From my limited knowledge on this, both fish would have to have the albino gene. I would separate the albinos from the normals too. What you were told I have heard heaps of times from good sources. Also if you separate & grow up the albinos. Then breed them against each other. Albino with albino, you should in theory get all/mostly albino too. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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